Rameshwaram to dhanushkodi

Rameshwaram to Dhanuskodi –Now an abandoned small town at the south-eastern tip of Pamban Island of the state of Tamil Nadu in India. The small town has a rich story from the Ramayana period to catastrophic destruction from the 1964 cyclone. Rameshwaram to Dhanushkodi is one of the popular road routes for the most scenic view. Let’s explore the last land of India and know about the real fact. Rameshwaram to Dhanuskodi is roughly 25 min (19.2 km) via Madurai – Dhanushkodi Rd/Rameswaram-Dhanushkodi Rd. DHANUSKODI- GHOST TOWN dhanushkodi signboard We know, the title of our latest travel story is a bit different but would like to share the experience with our audience in a way that is more relevant and justify the place. Would request you to click the below pictureand read the statement which itself presents the tailoring part of the whole story and experience we are going to share. HOW TO REACH DHANUSHKODI • By Air: Nearest airport: Madurai (167kms) & then take a taxi to Dhanushkodi • By Rail: Nearest railway station: Rameshwaram, 18kms- Oh, yes the famous train on the ocean • By Road: Buses and taxis conducting regular service between Madurai and Rameshwaram. • Reach Dhanuskodi From Rameshwaram, you have to hire private vehicles through the sands. Local transport: Inside the city walls of Rameshwaram, you can hire a jeep or an auto-rickshaw. Dhanushkodi -The Ghost City About 620 km from Bangalore, on the southern tip of (Rameswaram)Pamban Island in Tamil Nadu, is a ghost tow...

Two years after Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for the Rameswaram-Dhanushkodi railway line, work is yet to commence on the 17.2-km stretch, as officials await the sanctioning of the revised cost estimate, which has more than tripled. Only the survey work for the project has been completed. After engineers from IIT-Madras recommended an elevated embankment of about six-seven metres above road level, the original estimate of ₹208 crore was revised upwards to ₹700 crore, sources in the Southern Railway told The Hindu on Wednesday. The Rameswaram-Dhanushkodi railway line and establishments were washed away along with a train in a devastating cyclone in 1964. The severe storm also brought Dhanushkodi town under water, leaving dozens of people dead. Since the night of December 24 that year, the services of the prestigious Boat Mail, also known as the Indo-Ceylon Express, which provided a boat link to Thalaimannar in Sri Lanka, also came to a halt. “Experts from IIT-M’s Ocean Engineering Department conducted a field study on various aspects, including protective measures like embankment. They recommended an elevated Gabion embankment of about six-seven metres above road level to protect the railway line from flooding. When the cyclone struck in 1964, the tracks had an embankment of less than a metre from road level,” a top railway official said. Since the railway line would be like an elevated corridor with boulder embankment, and other safety parameters w...